Paper-file holder



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, A. C. SGHoo-LBY.

PAPER FILE HOLDER. AB10294279. Patented Feb'. 26, 1884.

f UNITED STATI-3s PATENT UFFICI-3.

AUGUSTUS o. ScHooLnY, on oIIIoAGo, ILLINOIS.

PAPER-NLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,279, dated February 26, 1 884.

Application led November 15, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern/.- v

l Beit known that I, AUGUSTUS G. SoIIooLEY,

of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNewspaper-Files; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices intende more especially for ling newspapers and other similarly-folded sheets, and has for it-s4 object to provide a desirable construction, whereby the different leaves or folios belongingI to the same paper will lie contiguous to each other in the mass of filed sheets, so that in passing from one folio to the next of the same paper it will be unnecessaryr to turn over intervening sheets on the file, as is common in devices heretofore employed for filing newspapers.

The invention consists in the matters set forth in the following description and in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a file constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents the principal part or body of the file with the holding device detached therefrom. Fig. 3 is a view of the holding device detached and having parts broken away to show the passages for the puncturing-wires'. Fig. 4. is a transverse section'of the parts applied to each other as in use, said" section being taken through the axis of one of the puncturing-wires.

In the particular form' of my invention shown in said drawings, Ais a longitudinal bar, forming the back and principal vpart of the body of the Structure.

A is a flange projecting from the lower edge of the back A, and at right angles therewith, being usually aA separate strip attached to said lower edge of the back A. Fastened to Said flange-strip A are any desired number of puncturing-Wires, a2, rising parallel with the inner face of the back Aat a suitable'distance therefrom, and preferably extending above the upper edge of said back, as better seen from Figs. 2 and 4.A Blocks a and aare fastened to the back A and flange-strip A at the file is filled, or nearly so.

l ends of the latter, and provided'wth studs a2,

rising parallel with the puncturing-wires4 a3.

B is a strip or bar forming the principal part of the holder. It is constructed to eX- tend over the blocks a and a. and over the back -A, and is provided with holes a4 and a5, to ad- B is a presser-strip of the same width' as' the projecting part of the flange-strip A', and of suitable length to `set down over the latter and between the end blocks, a and a. The presser-strip B is connected with the bar B by means of springs, which are preferably of v presser and allow the latter to approach Athe bar B as the papers accumulate in the le. The presser B` is also provided with holes at, to admit the puncturing wires a3. Springcatches A2 are applied to the end blocks, a and a', or elsewhere to the body of the file,'in position to engage the bar VB. AS herein shown, said springs are attached to the end blocks and engage the ends of the said holderbar. Aclamp-hook, A3, is hinged to the central part of the back Afin position to swing over the middle of the bar B, tohold the same down vupon the back in opposition to the force of the presser-springs B2, which tend to 'lift Said bar at this point, particularly when the Said bar B may, however, be made stiff enough to not require thisclamp; or the retaining springs or clamps made to bear upon the fold of the sheet throughout its length, clamping it irnily against the opposing flange A. Succeeding papers are applied in a similar manner over those previously filed, and each sheet or folded paper has its several parts or folios adjacent to each other Without reference to the number of papers upon the le.

In the arrangement of the springcatches A2 and studs at as shown in the drawings, the latter are of proper length to enter the holes a5 of the bar B before the latter encounters the spring-catches, and they therefore serve as guides and steady-pins to prevent the lateral displacement of said bar while being forced into engagement with the catches.

The several longitudinal parts of the iile may manifestlybe made of sheet metal and stiil'ened by being ribbed in the usual manner; or said parts may be of light wood, as indicated by their proportions as shown in the drawings.

It will obviously not be a departure from myinventionif the parts B and Bare not connected in a unitary part, as shown. The springs B2 should, however, in this case be attached to one of said parts, and, on the Whole, the connection of the parts B and B bythe springs, as shown, is desirable for convenience in manipulation. Theholder-barB is not necessarily of the length shown for the mere purpose of retaining the presser, nor is such a bar at all essential for this object, but itis preferably present and of the dimensions set forth, as a matter of convenience in applying the presser to the body, and also as furnishing a shield to the points of the puncturing-wires a, though to this latter end it is not important 'curing the presser to the body, substantially as described.

2. T he co1nbination,\vith the back A, iiangestrip A', and puncturing-wires al, of a bar, B, presser B', springs interposed between the bar and presser, and devices for holding the bar upon the body, substantially as described.

3. The conibinatioinwith the back A, {langestrip A, punctu1ing\vires a?, and end blocks, a a', of the presser-strip B', fitted to drop over the wires (fand between the end blocks, aba-r, B, iitted to rest on the end blocks, springs B2, interposed between the bar B and the presser B, and spring-catches A2, arranged to engage the bar B to the body of the structure, substantiall y as described.

4. The combination, with the body and the barB forholding the presser,ot` spring-catches arranged to engage the ends of said bar, and a detachable clamp arranged to secure the middle of said bar to the body, substantially as described.

Chicago, November 5, 1883.

AUGUSTUS C. SCHOOLEY.

lVitnesscs:

Crus. F. BLAKELY, J'osnrn A. Bociiorns. 

